In article <b57etc$25qjpk$2nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de>,
davehinznopsamcop.net says...
> Someone who looks an awful lot like MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> wrote:
> > In article <b55vrm$26cnt6$8nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de>,
> > davehinznopsamcop.net says...
> >> I must respectfully but emphatically disagree. If she has a parasitic
> >> load, a new battery before that load is identified and fixed is just a
> >> waste of money. It's treating the symptom, but not the cause.
>
> > So see if you can find a battery to borrow, rather than buying as a test
> > case.
>
> "Hi, my car has a problem that has trashed my battery - can I borrow
> yours to try the same thing please? What do you mean, no?"
> Wouldn't it be better to charge up the existing battery, fix the problem,
> and then move forward? Why wreck a friend's battery in the process? All
> of the troubleshooting can still be done with the existing battery, even
> in it's abused state. No reason to abuse another one to learn the same stuff.
True, never thought of that. I was thinking, aged battery way past it's
best. Test with a known good one.
but if the problem isn't the battery, but the charge circuit, then yep,
you are so right.
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Carl Robson
The poster formally known as Skodapilot.
http://www.bouncing-czechs.com